Witches, Isis and Narrative : : Approaches to Magic in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses" / / Stavros Frangoulidis.
This is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to look at the different attitudes characters adopt towards magic as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the entire work. The variety of responses to magic is unveiled in the narrative as the protagonist Lucius encounters an a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Text and Figure Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Onos versus Apuleius’
- Metamorphoses
- Chapter 2. Lucius versus Socrates and
- Aristomenes
- Chapter 3. Lucius’ and Milo’s Tales of Diophanes
- and Asinius’ Prophecy: Internal Readers and the Author
- Chapter 4. Lucius versus Thelyphron
- Chapter 5. The Tale of Cupid and Psyche as a Mythic
- Variant of the Novel
- Chapter 6. ‘War’ in Magic and Lovemaking
- Chapter 7. Lucius’ Metamorphosis into an Ass as a
- Narrative Device
- Chapter 8. Rewriting Metamorphoses 1 – 10: The Isis
- Book
- Chapter 9. Transforming the Genre: Apuleius’
- Metamorphoses
- Appendix: Lucius’ Metamorphic Change and Entrance
- into a New Life as a Metaphorical Representation of the Sailing of Isis’
- Ship
- Backmatter